‘Area News’ Archives

Tuesday, Aug. 11
BFPD assisted with a medical call on Bianca Court for a person who had fainted. The patient was transported.
Thursday, Aug. 13
BFPD responded to a single-vehicle accident on U.S. Highway 287 and County Road 4. There were no injuries.
BFPD responded to a motor vehicle accident on Eighth Street and Mountain Avenue involving a motorcyclist. There were no injuries.
BFPD responded to Interstate 25 at mile marker 249 for a motor vehicle accident involving a single vehicle with
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By Michael Hicks
Berthoud Recorder
It doesn’t take one long to find out just how Dick Klocek felt about last season.
“Last year we were a bunch of underachievers in my opinion,” said the Berthoud High varsity softball coach Tuesday afternoon. “The team itself was as good as the year before.”
The year before Berthoud won 16 games, but last year the Spartans were just 13-9, barely made it into the 32-team playoff field before nearly upsetting Mullen for the rights to make it
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By Michael Hicks
Berthoud Recorder
LOVELAND — Mike King is one of those coaches who will praise his players if they do well. But, like many, he worries about giving them too much credit too early in the season. But even he doesn’t have a problem patting a player on the back when he deserves one. For that matter, he’ll even applaud an entire team if he has to.
Last Thursday he had plenty of reasons to give the Berthoud boys golf team all the kudos they deserved in a season-opening
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ROLE MODEL: DAN MCGINN
By Michael Hicks
Berthoud Recorder
The decision wasn’t as hard as one might‘ve thought. Dan McGinn has been the head coach at Berthoud High School since 2000 and for the past few years his only son, Danny, has been a key part of that team. But with the younger McGinn having graduated to college and Colorado State, Coach McGinn’s immediate future at BHS was clouded.
No, it didn’t have anything to do with his team’s performance on the playing field. Under
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By Michael Hicks
Berthoud Recorder
Magnus Hohmann will tell you that the altitude in Colorado didn’t bother him in the least, and maybe it didn’t. That could be because the German native and Berthoud High foreign-exchange student prepared to run marathons while back home — sea level or not. But I bet he never experienced quite what he and 11 other Berthoud students did earlier this month.
Two weeks ago, a group captained by Nick Divine, mostly cross country runners with some other
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The Colorado Eagles announced the re-signing of veteran forward Ryan Tobler on Aug. 11, giving the team its Central Hockey League-mandated limit of four veteran skaters.
The Governors’ Cup champions had already re-signed Riley Nelson, Aaron Schneekloth and Ed McGrane and traded Erik Adams. Two days prior to Tobler’s re-signing, Colorado announced the retirement of 18-year veteran Greg Pankewicz, who will take over as an assistant coach this season. (more…)

U.S. Sens. Mark Udall (Chairman) and John McCain will visit Rocky Mountain National Park and hold a field hearing of the Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks to discuss the impacts of climate change on Colorado’s parks. (more…)

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LONGMONT — Led by Nils Hansen’s 10-over 80, the Berthoud Spartans golf team finished sixth out of eight schools at the Silver Creek Invitational at Twin Peaks Golf Course on Tuesday.
Fort Morgan took top team honors on the Par-70 course with a 307. The Mustangs were followed by Northridge (311), Silver Creek (324) and Sterling (324). Windsor shot a 329, Berthoud fired a 347, Roosevelt a 377 and Frederick finished with a 413.
Hansen was followed by teammate Nick Monchak (83), Luke
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